Jobs with decent pay and access to promotion in the workplace are key components of social and economic justice—key components of full entry into the mainstream of American life. We have made progress in the last 50 years but we still have a long way to go toward the goal of full and fair employment.

Micah was a social justice prophet. He was from a poor family and lived in eighth century BC. Micah was disgusted by the way the powerful mistreated the powerless. The Jerome Biblical Commentary says he was “a fearless champion of the cause of the oppressed.”